April 23, 2020The BC SPCA is reaching out to offer pet food and supplies and emergency pet boarding for residents whose homes are under threat of flooding in the Village of Cache Creek. Authorities have declared a state of emergency and have ordered the evacuation of multiple properties as the community faces rising floodwaters. More than 300 …
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April 17, 2020The BC SPCA is reaching out to offer pet food and supplies and emergency pet boarding for residents impacted by the Squamish Valley wildfire. The wildfire, estimated at 203 hectares in size, has been burning since April 15 about 15 kilometres northwest of Brackendale near Squamish. A local state of emergency is in place and …
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April 9, 2020The BC SPCA is hoping animal lovers will rally to help six eight-week-old German shepherd puppies who were found abandoned in a remote area near Port Alberni. A passer-by heard the puppies’ cries and alerted the SPCA. “The poor little pups were in rough shape,” says Lorie Chortyk, general manager of communications for the BC …
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April 8, 2020With more and more families impacted by illness, job loss and other challenges during the COVID-19 crisis, the BC SPCA has launched an appeal for pet food donations to help vulnerable pet guardians. (Please note: we cannot accept opened pet food, donations must be factory sealed) “The BC SPCA offers pet food banks, vet clinics …
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April 1, 2020The BC SPCA is hoping animal lovers will reach out to help Bill, an adorable Great Pyrenees/Maremma sheepdog mix who came into SPCA care after he was found roaming on a property in Hope. A Good Samaritan called the SPCA after Bill showed up, clearly searching for help. In addition to being emaciated and suffering …
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March 31, 2020Two BC SPCA donors have offered up to $65,000 in matching donations to help vulnerable animals in B.C., as communities struggle with the impact of COVID-19. “We are truly grateful for their generosity, and we hope that other animal lovers who are in a position to help will take this opportunity to make their support …
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March 27, 2020The Nelson Branch of the BC SPCA is seeking your help to provide surgery for a beautiful cat named Pablo, who was kicked so hard his hip was dislocated. Thankfully a witness came to his aid and he was taken into care at the SPCA. Pablo was given anesthesia to manipulate his hip back into …
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March 24, 2020The BC SPCA is urgently seeking help to care for 53 animals rescued from an Interior property earlier this month. SPCA constables removed 36 mini-horses, six cattle, five llamas, four goats and two emus, following complaints of animal neglect. Twenty of the mini-horses taken into care are pregnant. “We have managed to find temporary foster …
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February 26, 2020The BC SPCA is issuing a warning after a cat was found trapped inside a house in Vancouver that had been boarded up and deserted by its previous tenants. The tabby cat was rescued by an SPCA animal protection officer after a neighbour reported seeing the house abandoned, but heard the cries of the cat …
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February 21, 2020Cupid is a beautiful eight-year-old kitty with the heart and bravery of a lion. This must be why he thought he was tough enough to take on a bobcat… a fight he did not win. A passerby witnessed the attack and quickly alerted the BC SPCA’s West Kootenay Branch in Castlegar to rescue the badly …
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